irony

These times make it especially necessary to be in touch with the absurdity, the ridiculous, the funniness, and the irony of the everyday.

Many student protesters called Mr. Lee authoritarian and the president appeared to have understood the irony.

I sat down on the bench outside the theater door and tried very hard not to think of the irony.

Furthermore, Shia-led government that the American props up in Baghdad thinks of Iran as its best foreign friend. it's irony of ironies.

And yet, as the Kauffman Foundation rolls on, with its vast cash pile, I cannot help chuckling at the irony of all this.

Still, irony has no place in antitrust doctrine.

What an irony that a developed nation like the US is now a raw material supplier to what was only recently a developing nation.

Mr. Naimi sees no irony in all this because in Qatari terms, his weight and his choice of a relative as a spouse are the norm, he said.

It would be a nice irony if the best hedge against a collapse of the post-industrial economy turned out to be a return to the agrarian past.

The irony that the roots of the crisis lie in housing markets, where turnover costs are high, is often lost on the tax's proponents.

So there's a bit of a nice irony here that Hume who all these philosophers in this period is probably most opposed to Descartes.

A game without end, in which the signs participate spontaneously, as if from a continuous sense of irony.

She also noted the irony that Crosby's call for discipline appeared to have been leaked to the media beforehand.

It seems an irony that you have to drive around one of the oil rich countries of the world trying to find petrol.

Irony is often shown in derogatory sense, which is of help learners of Japanese to recognize irony when communicating with native speakers.

But no matter how much irony we cake it in, the L-word grinds the ears of many people over the age of 25.

He once had sex with a girl on her boss's desk, who was a raging feminist, just for the irony of the act.

The irony is that China is discovering the romance of the road just as Westerners seem to have lost it.

The exquisite irony is that this was supposed to have been a good week for Mr Murdoch.

The irony is that the wise man wrote down his observation as if it were something new!

The irony is that Greece is in a position similar to that of Germany in the early 1930s, where cutting costs makes the debt load heavier.

As he talks, he recognises the irony of the story and his melancholic face breaks into a quick laugh.

And the editorial called it a "bitter irony" that Xintai had been held up as a model city for reducing its number of petitioners .

The results are fascinating, alternately rife with political irony and revealing of a Chinese reality not always apparent to outsiders.

The irony of all this is that the pipeline is not nearly as important as either its defenders or critics make it out to be.

That would yield a fine irony: China's government spreading its line using the technology of a company it has battled over censorship.

Clearly, the hard rock community in the States knows who you are, so any anonymity among the general public there has to be a strange irony.

It is a cruel irony that the euro could be felled by an Italian trying too hard to be a German.

eg. The great irony was that despite all his explanations nobody believed him.

It is the last sad irony of Herb Clutter that just a few years after his own violent death, his way of life died too.

There is, though, an irony: the new powers with which Europe must now compete have never been much convinced by the Union's postmodernism.

Of course, the irony was that I immediately retired to my study to look them up on Google.

Seeram said the irony of finding a potential anti-diabetes compound in a sweetener is not lost on him.

His speech of defence was more like an irony or even an insult to China.

Her aunt made it a matter of high but easy irony , or comedy .

The irony was that the senior master treated me like a reborn young master who he wished would stay.

But as Nemeroff points out, there is a certain irony to this position, at least when viewed from the perspective of a water engineer.

She looked at me square in the eye, without a trace of irony and stated, "I have no time for an intern. "

if taken to a harsh extreme Verbal Irony You are a fine goalkeeper, allowing the other side to score six goals.

But to fully grasp the geniality of Nielsen's design, one needs to understand the Danish sense of humour and subtle irony.

If Rust Belt residents notice the irony of inviting Japanese investors back to revive their former colony, they're not saying it out loud.

Do not respond to passive aggressive behavior with your own passive aggressive behavior, or using sarcasm or irony.

In a great degree, the artistic fascination of his urban novels consists in its exceeded irony art and profound irony meanings.

The irony was that the new secretary-general was trying so hard to be liked.

The irony is that I don't feel like I'm really doing much, but I'm getting a lot more done than usual. I'm not trying to force anything.

The irony is that, even if the court were to find against the Kosovars, Serbia would be quite unable to absorb 2m hostile Albanians.

The irony was that his design was, arguably, beyond the capabilities of engineering of the time.

The early draft of this post sat in my system for about a week. How's that for irony?

Another irony is by playing loose with the "voluntary" nature of haircut, they may have undermined the credit default swaps market.

In a tragic irony that was to mark the twentieth century as a whole, socialism proved least possible where it was most necessary.

The great irony of this change is that, initially at least, most of us in the richer parts of the world will benefit.

It would be a heavy irony if Greece, a member of the euro club, were temporarily reprieved by loans in dollars.

The irony of the shoot is that while they are bright and colourful I spend all this time working in the dark.

"In many cases, the company owner is the secretary of the party organisation in his firm, which is a great irony. "

Irony is beginning to make some incursions into the straight-faced bastion of mainstream print media.

By a cruel irony, the war was an opportunity, a challenge to the patriarchy.

And it is a deadly irony, because these funds add up to a huge amount of money for the Taliban.

But the irony is that a truly disastrous Labour leader would be less of a problem for the party, as he or she could be removed.

Children can understand irony from the age of four, according to recent research in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology.

I was prepared to plunge into a bitter meditation on the irony and malice of fate.

The irony was that "OK" was what I'd spent nine months hoping.

The intention of this thesis is to analyze the ironic art special features of Besieged Fortress by the irony theory of the new criticism.

The irony is most people do not avail themselves of this highly effective, 'secret' strategy to achieve their desires.

In fact, you know it is not terrible, terrible when you screw up your courage, but by the irony of fate.

Admiring readers and critics are at a loss to understand how anyone could miss the scathing irony that glitters through these lines.

So today an "American" car could "foreign" and a "foreign" car could be "American" , such is the irony of the globalization of production.

Culture change in technology or any other industry requires a force born of both irony and contradiction.

The irony of having to send our astronauts up in Russian Soyuz capsules is as plain as cold war history.

This book has some people cannot resist irony of the temptation of money people, thus do some cultivating their behavior.

The irony of the sentencing did not escape Teshik, and before his execution, he responded with mechanical laughter.

But irony has its revenge: For a scene the next day, the crew has to create rain using two giant hoses.

Some offenders resist the irony, and request nothing but a glass of water.

It shows William Pitt expelling the dark forces of the Whigs and Radicals, though in fact drenched in irony.

The only that can defeat power is more power. Irony perhaps, but the truth can be so cruel. . .

As someone who gives many lectures a year, I appreciate the irony of this view.

The irony in his proposal is that such a guest-worker programme would necessarily encroach upon a federal prerogative.

Overnight night change of QQ signature "hey hey, a good mood. The next day, gave me a thunderbolt, it's too irony. "

A strong tone of irony permeates every aspects of the novel, from language, narrative strategy to its very theme.

WE CHANGED South Korean politics and the media market, but I'm too shy to say that, " says Oh Yeon Ho before he can catch his own irony. "

He said "well done" with irony, expressing his dissatisfaction about their work.

On the basis of that, the writer lists three steps of applying stylistic approach to irony translation in fiction.

Juno is an endearing character who uses irony to cope with her overwhelming issues and adult-size decision-making.

not to notice the irony of being praised for qualities of conciliation contrary to the record of his entire public life.

I used to brood upon the unconscious irony of those who felt that Negroes led so passional an existence.

I nominated him for the (nonexistent) Irony Hall of Fame (Media Wing).

For this is the cruel irony of life that we are destined to hold the dark with the light, the good with the evil.

The irony, James says, is that her boyfriend admitted he would never have had the nerve to approach other women in person.

He is behind the irony that expect the keynote of the work to be changed direction the mordacity gradually by the relaxed humor.

White says a half-day course can teach native speakers to speak slowly, without irony, and to bin confusing verbs like "to put up with" .

Finally I reflect on the irony of the cultural significance of colors and made a brief generalization.

Finally I reflect on the irony of the cultural significance of colors and made a brief generalization.

And yet Harry Winston Men by Thom Browne is an irony-free zone.

The irony raises a difficult question for the new Indonesia: is sex now considered to be a worse offence than torture?

American Author Walker Percy's novel, Lost in the Cosmos, calls the reader into a morass of social irony and introspection.

Mr Krugman might note the irony that the accuracy of his older theories may ultimately assuage his more contemporary worries.

Socrates irony first expressed the awakening of the subjective consciousness and shook off the external stipulations.

It is no small irony that the only way to participate in this game is to have an account on Facebook.

She would see straight off that this ceramic Jesus is mixed up with all kinds of things, not the least of which is irony.

THERE IS A great historical irony at the heart of the current transformation of news.

Without conscious irony, the article was illustrated with a photograph of a coffin.

Without conscious irony, the article was illustrated with a photograph of a coffin.

One irony of this code and the Hadoop framework is that the input files do not have to be in the same format.

In an exercise in irony, most health club members drive to an exercise studio to go running on a treadmill.

In a fine irony, the red shirts have now borrowed many of the PAD's tactics.

But amid all the excitement and anticipation, almost unnoticed, is the historical irony of a Disneyland in Shanghai.

The big irony, though, is that this very same debate was present at the creation of the single currency.

a gentle reprimand; a vein of gentle irony; poked gentle fun at him.

But the irony at the core of that effort is that smart weapons are often easier to stop than dumb ones.

It's a striking irony that to extract its plentiful uranium, Namibia must use quantities of a very scarce resource: water.

And the Marx's understanding of Socratic irony was of a legendary color in his philosophical pursuit.

"We have a Chinese wall within the company" between the search and ad teams, he says, without irony.

The corners of her mouth suggested the least trace of irony .

Novels are full of bitter irony, the whole book witty sense of humor and interesting stories of resourcefulness.

But it was really the Internet that salvaged Chinese humor, and especially irony of the embittered sort that Wang Shuo had pioneered.

In his insightful study of Army Transformation, Andrew Krepinevich rightly points to an irony within the Army's vision of the future.

There is a savage irony to the fact that the unfolding horror in Mumbai began with terrorists docking near the Gateway of India.

"Irony abounds in these markets, " notes Kevin Ingram, a partner at Clifford Chance and a securitisation specialist.

It is an irony not lost on the Chinese public that the Year of the Tiger has not been good for the big cats.

Used the word "hip" with an apparent lack of irony?

So in all the tragic, it is kind of an irony that so many of you suffer just by shifting your reality from its place of happening.

Perhaps more than an ambiguity, it was an irony of history.

crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations they often talk less at home.

It is an irony of globalisation, which the west has thought of so long as its own invention, that now China is the great beneficiary.

Equilibrium returned periodically, courtesy of Woody's steadfast sense of irony.

Finally, even Barca coach irony : "If so, I just let each Messi played the last half-hour of good. "

Indeed, there's a ring of irony to this, given that Roland Betts, who founded Chelsea Piers with Bernstein in 1995, is one of George W.

By Irony, a rhetoric device, we get a language style in which the literal meaning is different from its real one.

The irony was that everybody around me probably did know about it.

The irony of this Chinese institution is that it was created by an Indian.

And the irony (which is of course, at the heart of postmodernism anyway) shouldn't be construed as mere cynicism.

This, it seems to me, is the final irony.

His comments, of course, are rich with irony, given the importance of government to his own telecom's fortune.

A melancholy fold, which resembled the beginning of irony, wrinkled her right cheek.

Regarding the death of Nils Liedholm, I remember him with affection and irony, that was what his life was all about.

Leaving aside the whole irony of Blankfein's own position, the substance of his comments is actually pretty sensible.

In terms of speech acts, irony is an indirect speech act, a veiled face threat. . .

All true enough, though it's an irony that some of the most energy-hungry hotels I've ever stayed in are members of this group.

Perhaps Blankfein can laugh at the irony, but I'm not sure too many of his shareholders would.

I knew Jennifer as an actress would utilize both the irony and comedy of the character's situation.

In a cruel irony, the girls were encouraged by Jeffs by being told their compliance would help atone for the sins of their community.

He is too slow to understand the irony of his opponent.

Am I the only one to see the irony in this?

Verbal irony, as a widely used figure of speech, has received considerable attention from cognitive psychologists and linguists.

And in the West, the old term "Christendom" is generally used with a touch of irony, if at all.

However deep the irony of Mr Brown repudiating the habits of a political lifetime, the logic may prove irresistible .

An energy irony clouds the work of the powerful U. S. computers that have tracked the retreating Arctic sea ice.

That King's death would cause so much violence was a cruel and bitter irony.

The news that Germany's nuclear phase-out is being challenged by a Swedish company is not without irony.

But that same sense of irony becomes dangerous when it justifies passivity.

This final essay, its prevailing kindliness marred by occasional flashes of savage irony, bespeaks the dichotomous character of the author.

I also want to point out the irony of speaking to graduates of an institution that would have rejected me, had I the chutzpah to apply.

That is the unspoken irony at the heart of the Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against Goldman Sachs .

But the irony of a money management firm named OWS was just too much.

The key to the irony of the line is the curious phrase "The deed of gift, " which means considerably more than merely "the act of giving. "

irony is one of the main characteristics by realistic novels by Liu Zhenyun .

This is a bitter irony at a time when the international community is pursuing better health as a strategy for poverty reduction.

The irony is that regulatory frameworks established to achieve planned urban development have widely become a means of preventing this.

shiki Based on the expression of darkness, the irony, Attempt to life, talent feeling, Hopes of retirement, bishi pessimistic.

Part three discusses the comedic style of Lodge's novels through the carnival humorous irony, the vulgarization of elegance and coincidence.

As the query of subjective consciousness grew of religion and ethical values, a pluralistic tendency of irony has occurred in the texts. . .

The irony is that this risk is made greater by Germany's resistance to more firepower for the European Financial Stability Facility.

As Ms Kantor points out, there is some irony in this; her numbers had soared because she was seen as a devoted wife and mother.

Irony #3: The official cause of death was pneumonia, coming on the heels of a case of flu. Excuse me?

In a remarkable irony, evidence of the Sino-Japanese rapprochement is widely apparent even in Nanjing.

The irony is that the dangerous dwindling of diversity in our food supply is the unanticipated result of an agricultural triumph.

There is a certain irony that this chart is provided by Google.

One irony is that the cause of all this Yankee humiliation isn't the familiar Euro-gripe about the "trade deficit" or tax cuts.

The irony is that some of the most extraordinary things in the universe can only be seen as fuzzy blobs by our most powerful telescopes.

Notice the irony of the disciples' having to pick up the leftovers-each gets a basketful to look at.

He may have missed the irony that Mr Blair and Mr Brown were a famously dysfunctional pair in British politics.

The irony is that Fechner set about this huge mountain of rather hard-headed measurements for quite whimsical reasons.

He paused to let the irony of this sink in.

There's nothing worse than a serious, sensitive ponytail guy or gal with no sense of irony or the absurd.

In an unfortunate irony of timing, Portugal's bail-out talks with European and IMF officials began earlier today.

The same irony holds true in today's fast paced world where you can be everywhere at once yet never leave your desktop computer.

That's the other irony: Inhabiting your own mind more fully has a powerful effect on your interactions with others.

"Irony" has just two opposite rational meanings, literal meaning and libral meaning (concerning the conception) and two emotional tinges .

The crowning irony was that I didn't even like him.

It seems beautifully incongruous, a zen-like irony, holding a technology event in the great outdoors.

Let me remind you of a bitter irony.

Paradox and irony are characteristics of her style.

In a final irony, Bush appears to draw heavily from several of Bob Woodward's books and also from Robert Draper's "Dead Certain" .

Moliere through to expose and criticize character irony that the French society reactionary feudal patriarchal church and the style.

This could end up being the ultimate irony, as second-quarter results on both sides of the Atlantic are generally beating forecasts.

Yet she quickly became a star there and "scared the boys to death with her irony, " as a teacher put it.

AS ITALY'S bishops concluded their general assembly on May 25th, some may have reflected on an irony in their situation.

Writers, not surprisingly, were at the forefront of a slow resuscitation of nuance and irony in the Chinese language during this time.

TO CONNOISSEURS of irony, who often find rich pickings in politics, last week's offering was a vintage one.

Even Utopia must see the irony in the utopian nature of Zhang's hopes.

The participants see no irony in their cross-cultural dialogue against globalisation and multiculturalism.

In a web full of irony and posturing, it's nice to read something genuine and heartfelt.

The irony is you can hardly blame him. I mean, check yourself out. You're a mess, unrecognizable even to your own eyes.

And Forrest Gump is always positive attitude to face the reality and the courage to run it, This is wonderful irony.

The first clear case of infant irony that I've ever noticed is "Yeah, right! "

Never hurt really love our people, when you really lose their time just know them how important to us, the regret is really a great irony.

You might as well laugh as cry and the tragedy that is the human condition invites sarcasm, invites irony, invites satire, invites laughter.

What a terrible, fateful irony--- your father's funeral coinciding with your birthday.

Irony is the most profound form of humour, and in that department of humour the Scotch are unexcelled .

Sweetness and light is an English idiom that today is used in common speech, generally with mild irony to describe insincere courtesy.

For this article are explored in Laoshe Liu Courtyard The irony of the performance art practices.

But as innovation grew more intense, it also became plagued with a terrible irony.

Irony in contemporary art mentioned frequently in the superficial Western culture combined with the creative way.

The artistic expression of the style is divided into the burning fire of revenge and the treatment of irony sword.

The irony of Wen's statements on freedom and censorship being censored in official media was not lost on Chinese observers.

Like Henry Ford and the automobile, Han hardly invented Chinesepolitical irony, but he has helped make it available to the young masses.

One irony of the bubbling noughties is that it was also the decade of the so-called "Great Moderation" .

I read it last night. it was wonderful, Filled with nuanced observations About the world around you. huh. There's some unexpected irony.

In Miguel Street, irony goes far beyond a rhetorical device. Instead, it's the narrative strategy of the whole novel.

The irony is that, where the gap to disappear, there would be a de facto tightening of monetary policy.

He was pleased, seeing no irony in her compliment .

Irony, put simply, is a gap between words and their meaning, a space across which speaker and listener exchange a knowing wink.

The irony is, though, that - having done the calculation - the day is interesting for being exceptionally boring.

His response was to change it from an ironic statement to a statement about irony itself: "Don't Take the Hint. "

His concept of irony rooted in Socrates.

You give people a solution to a problem and the great irony to me is that even though they're unhappy, they have high inertia.

Then eagerly looking face irony and thin man, " no matter what you say, I won't leave you. "

The irony is that energy security was key in persuading the east Europeans to sign up to the climate-change package in March 2007.

Irony, humour and wit are the characteristic features of many of the stories.

There was a touch of irony in his speech.

Whoever planned his itinerary must have a highly developed sense of irony.

There was a stroke of irony in his tone.

The irony is that this policy choice worsens the imbalance.

A rich and deep spiritual space will be opened if modern Chinese novels are explained from the perspective of "irony" in "New Criticism" .

Xiong Lei: That was the irony. I think originally they made this policy in the hope to protect women workers.

The irony is that the French now want the relationship just as its balance tilts against them.

But historians will also recognize the irony of this magnificent feat.

To paint a masked figure is to project an irony, perhaps several ironies simultaneously.

In the prophase of "new period" , the rhetoric of irony, aim at great political discourse usually.

Life, the road is a rough ride, failures and setbacks come at any time, cold, the irony will follow.

With the context understood, cognition of the Japanese irony is achieved.

This artistic skill of dramatic irony plays an important role in developing the dramatic plot, and deepening the theme.

Circling from farcicality to irony and humor, at last returning to farcicality, comedy ends in absurdism, too.

There is an irony at work here. Global funds are invested in Brazil and China because investors want a diversified portfolio.

Heavy-foot made a derisory noise, proving that he didn't recognize irony when he heard it.

His masterpiece "Bird Man" exhibits his attitude and views for life through the irony angle.

The irony is they have done nothing to prove that belief is true.

However, the press has noted the irony of importing Chinese workers when local unemployment remains high.

The irony in this drama is that the money at stake is, in the larger scheme, trivial.

There was a touch of irony in Mark Twains works. .

Irony A little fire is quickly trodden out, which being suffer'd rivers cannot quench.

That Ms Huffington seeks validation from The New York Times is not without irony.

The family sits alfresco in front of a pub whose name, the White Elephant, may be intended to convey a grim irony.

You're living out pure irony if you use images to make your site look better but ultimately reduce your aesthetic appeal in the process.

Irony is a common linguistic phenomenon in verbal communication, and pervades our daily life.

The moment is dripping with irony.

When I told the class that I am German, Japanese, and of the Jewish faith, the teacher loudly laughs at the "irony. "

The irony is, if you had used the element in the first place, pressing the Return key would have actually worked.

Moreover the usage with irony is not rare in the consideration of close relationship.

With the help of rhetoric skills of irony and switching, daily oral language in Bian Zhilin's poetry gained outstanding expression effect.

The irony of driving decentralisation from the centre is not lost on senior figures.